When I wanted to fix a simple typo (#629000), I realized the package has many problems and should rather be cleaned: There are two versions of adiff in the tree. adiff-1.4 was forgotten to be deleted after the revbump. I suggest to treeclean the ebuild, because * adiff-1.4 has a broken SRC_URI * adiff-1.4-r1 uses SRC_URI="mirror://gentoo/${P}" * Upstream is dead since a long time * there are many supported alternatives for the same functionality in the tree * The ebuild has very low quality * the ebuild is unmaintained * no reverse dependencies * adiff is not available in any other distribution https://repology.org/metapackage/adiff/versions If anyone needs this tool, I suggest to push it on a public repository, and maintain it there. We can fix the ebuild then.
after treecleaning we can remove the blocker in atool: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/tree/app-arch/atool/atool-0.39.0.ebuild
I found a new repository now, so we can also fix it. https://github.com/agriffis/adiff
After a closer look I realized, that the ebuild, the file from the gentoo mirror and the github repository do all not match together.
(In reply to Jonas Stein from comment #3) > After a closer look I realized, that the ebuild, the file from the gentoo > mirror and the github repository do all not match together. I don't follow. app-text/adiff-1.4-r1 installs Perl code (said to be) from 2005 written by Aron Griffis. So does https://github.com/agriffis/adiff/blob/master/adiff.pl . What does not match?
The package is now masked for removal. The reasons are in my initial post. Even Upstream does not run it on Gentoo anymore. If anyone really needs this package, please say so.
(In reply to Jonas Stein from comment #0) > When I wanted to fix a simple typo (#629000), I realized the package has > many problems and should rather be cleaned: > > There are two versions of adiff in the tree. Which? > adiff-1.4 was forgotten to be deleted after the revbump. Easily fixed. Just stabilise -r1 and remove it. > I suggest to treeclean the ebuild, because > > * adiff-1.4 has a broken SRC_URI Fixed in -r1. Just stabilise -r1. > * adiff-1.4-r1 uses SRC_URI="mirror://gentoo/${P}" Easily fixed. Move it to your dev space. > * Upstream is dead since a long time Not a problem if the installed software has no problems that upstream should fix. > * there are many supported alternatives for the same functionality in the > tree None of which are mentioned in your package.mask entry. > * The ebuild has very low quality Which one? What precisely is wrong? > * the ebuild is unmaintained That is no cause for removal unless you can point to grave bugs that are not going to be fixed because it is unmaintained. > * no reverse dependencies Oh, so it's *easy* to remove the whole package? If you like low hanging fruits, then why don't you stabilise -r1? > * adiff is not available in any other distribution Apparently comment #2 and comment #4 disagree. > https://repology.org/metapackage/adiff/versions > > If anyone needs this tool, I suggest to push it on a public repository, and > maintain it there. We can fix the ebuild then. Apparently comment #2 and comment #4 suggest a fix.
If there is still any user of this package, it would make sense to investigate the version in the gentoo mirror and the different solutions upstream and use the better version. Perhaps it makes sense to switch to the python version, which is old too, but 5 years newer. Upstream has no versioned releases any more. Do you want to maintain or repair it? As we know, the package needs someone in the end who fixes it, and I do not know who will do it, if the package is not used by anybody.
The bug has been closed via the following commit(s): https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=751fabae4578a7c4b8a3afba84188f75cd1b5d12 commit 751fabae4578a7c4b8a3afba84188f75cd1b5d12 Author: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2017-10-03 22:06:40 +0000 Commit: Michał Górny <mgorny@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2017-10-03 22:12:29 +0000 app-text/adiff: Remove last-rited pkg Closes: https://bugs.gentoo.org/629112 app-text/adiff/Manifest | 1 - app-text/adiff/adiff-1.4-r1.ebuild | 43 -------------------------------------- app-text/adiff/adiff-1.4.ebuild | 33 ----------------------------- app-text/adiff/metadata.xml | 5 ----- profiles/package.mask | 6 ------ 5 files changed, 88 deletions(-)
